Phonics: We did lessons 86-90 this week, which means we are half way through! The reader, Pup In Mud, was another big hit. Govinda read all 12 pages in one sitting because he didn't want to stop! These readers are really helping improve his fluency in reading, and they gently and gradually get more and more challenging. The spelling test was easier this week than in the past two weeks because they all had the short u sound, so no tricky vowel sounds. We discussed how the word 'bus' only has one 's' and still makes the 's' sound and not the 'z' sound.
We took a test on this whole unit, the last 45 lessons, which covered short vowels, color sight words, periods and question marks, and filling in the missing letters of words. Govinda knew all of the correct answers, but wrote some letters backwards. The test was helpful to show me that avoiding all of the handwriting practice is taking it's toll. The handwriting workbook pages each have three lines of tracing and two blank lines for writing, and I was only having him do one line of tracing a sentence everyday, since he is not a big fan of practicing writing. I realized today that only tracing helps practice the hand, but not the mind. Starting next week, I plan on focusing more on writing letters properly.
Math: We did lessons 56- 60. This was a fun week because we got to play with the clock face, which was a big hit. We learned how to read a clock at the hour and how to read and write it digitally. Tens and ones were reviewed along with writing numbers too 50. Math is fun for us these days.
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